.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Expert for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a title bout Friday evening in New York, of managing a pre-fight feat through which Ryan was hit through a coating can as she left her accommodation earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by majority choice, with the courts racking up the struggle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Garden was heavily private for both, as Ryan had been dealing with Mayer's past longtime coach Kay Koroma. Mayer split means along with Koroma when he made a decision to work with Ryan, an action she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotel for the site Friday, she was actually hit by an available paint can easily coming from an unidentified man. She said she really felt something "smash" right into her tummy, and then saw a man in a hoodie run to an auto as well as repel. Ryan was unimpaired and also continued on to the place after modifying clothing in her hotels and resort room.She as well as her team told ESPN they thought it belonged to Mayer's camping ground, an allegation Mayer has actually denied." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to get it," Ryan pointed out just before the battle. "It was absolutely a create coming from her group. What else would it be actually? It's come to be. I'm from the U.K. Who understood what opportunity I was actually visiting of my lodging to visit the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recuperated from a split selection loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was trying to find her second succeed this year.