.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA reporter for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a title match Friday evening in Nyc, of setting up a pre-fight act in which Ryan was actually struck by a paint can as she left her lodging previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through large number decision, with the judges racking up the battle 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Yard was heavily personal for both, as Ryan had been actually teaming up with Mayer's previous long time train Kay Koroma. Mayer split means with Koroma when he chose to collaborate with Ryan, a technique she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotels and resort for the site Friday, she was actually hit through an open coating may from an unidentified guy. She claimed she felt something "smash" right into her belly, and then viewed a man in a hoodie run to an automobile as well as repel. Ryan was unimpaired as well as continued to the site after modifying clothes in her lodging room.She and her group informed ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is going to acquire it," Ryan said before the battle. "It was absolutely a setup coming from her team. What else will it be actually? It's got to be. I'm from the U.K. Who knew what time I was actually showing up of my hotel to head to the place?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, bounced back from a split choice reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was searching for her 2nd win this year.