.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Workers WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA correspondent for ESPN.com.Expert for "MMA Live".Dealt With MMA for Sin city SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a title battle Friday night in New York, of coordinating a pre-fight act through which Ryan was actually hit through a coating may as she left her hotels and resort earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through large number decision, along with the judges scoring the battle 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Garden was profoundly personal for both, as Ryan had actually been actually working with Mayer's former long time coach Kay Koroma. Mayer parted methods along with Koroma when he made a decision to collaborate with Ryan, a technique she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her lodging for the place Friday, she was hit through an available coating can from an unknown male. She claimed she felt one thing "wreck" into her tummy, and then viewed a guy in a hoodie run to a vehicle and repel. Ryan was actually unscathed and also advanced to the place after modifying outfits in her lodging room.She as well as her crew told ESPN they felt it was a member of Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has actually refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to get it," Ryan claimed just before the fight. "It was undoubtedly a setup from her team. What else will it be actually? It's got to be. I'm from the U.K. That understood what opportunity I was coming out of my hotel to head to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded coming from a split choice reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was trying to find her 2nd win this year.