.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Professional for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a title match Friday evening in The big apple, of orchestrating a pre-fight stunt through which Ryan was gone to through a coating can easily as she left her hotels and resort previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by majority selection, along with the courts scoring the struggle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Garden was deeply individual for both, as Ryan had actually been actually teaming up with Mayer's former longtime coach Kay Koroma. Mayer parted ways with Koroma when he determined to partner with Ryan, an action she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the site Friday, she was hit through an available coating can easily from an unknown guy. She stated she experienced one thing "wreck" right into her belly, and after that observed a guy in a hoodie go to an auto and also repel. Ryan was uninjured and advanced to the venue after transforming clothes in her lodging room.She and also her team said to ESPN they thought it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, an accusation Mayer has rejected." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to get it," Ryan mentioned just before the match. "It was definitely a create from her group. What else will it be? It is actually got to be. I am actually coming from the U.K. Who knew what time I was actually appearing of my hotel to go to the place?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, bounced back from a split selection loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was trying to find her second win this year.