.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Sin city SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a title bout Friday night in Nyc, of coordinating a pre-fight act in which Ryan was struck by a paint may as she left her lodging earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through a large number decision, along with the courts racking up the match 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Yard was greatly private for both, as Ryan had been actually working with Mayer's former longtime train Kay Koroma. Mayer parted means with Koroma when he chose to collaborate with Ryan, an action she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the location Friday, she was actually hit through an available paint may from an unidentified man. She claimed she really felt something "wreck" in to her stomach, and afterwards saw a guy in a hoodie go to a vehicle and dispel. Ryan was unscathed and advanced to the location after modifying clothing in her resort room.She and also her team told ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camp, a complaint Mayer has actually refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to receive it," Ryan pointed out prior to the fight. "It was actually absolutely a create coming from her team. What else would it be? It is actually got to be actually. I'm coming from the U.K. Who understood what time I was actually emerging of my hotels and resort to head to the place?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recuperated coming from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually trying to find her 2nd win this year.