.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Professional for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a name bout Friday evening in New York, of managing a pre-fight stunt through which Ryan was struck by a coating can as she left her resort earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through majority selection, along with the judges racking up the match 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Landscape was actually deeply private for both, as Ryan had been actually teaming up with Mayer's previous long time trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer split means along with Koroma when he made a decision to work with Ryan, a move she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the location Friday, she was hit through an open coating may from an unknown guy. She stated she really felt one thing "wreck" right into her tummy, and then found a guy in a hoodie run to an automobile and dispel. Ryan was uninjured as well as continued on to the venue after modifying clothes in her resort room.She and her crew informed ESPN they believed it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to acquire it," Ryan claimed just before the match. "It was actually absolutely a setup coming from her staff. What else would it be actually? It's reached be actually. I am actually from the U.K. Who knew what time I was visiting of my hotel to visit the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded from a split decision loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually searching for her second win this year.