.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a name fight Friday evening in New York, of managing a pre-fight stunt through which Ryan was actually struck by a paint can easily as she left her resort earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through a large number choice, along with the courts scoring the battle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Yard was actually deeply private for both, as Ryan had actually been actually collaborating with Mayer's previous longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer parted ways with Koroma when he chose to deal with Ryan, a relocation she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the place Friday, she was struck through an available coating may coming from an unidentified man. She mentioned she experienced something "shatter" into her stomach, and afterwards viewed a guy in a hoodie go to a car and dispel. Ryan was actually unimpaired as well as continued on to the venue after transforming clothes in her hotel room.She and her staff said to ESPN they thought it was a member of Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has actually rejected." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to obtain it," Ryan stated just before the battle. "It was undoubtedly a setup coming from her staff. What else would certainly it be actually? It is actually got to be actually. I'm from the U.K. Who knew what opportunity I was emerging of my hotels and resort to head to the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better coming from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually trying to find her second gain this year.