.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Workers WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Expert for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Sin city SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a name fight Friday night in The big apple, of setting up a pre-fight act in which Ryan was actually hit by a coating can as she left her accommodation previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through majority decision, along with the judges scoring the battle 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Landscape was deeply individual for both, as Ryan had been actually dealing with Mayer's former longtime instructor Kay Koroma. Mayer split ways with Koroma when he made a decision to collaborate with Ryan, a step she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the site Friday, she was struck by an open paint can coming from an unidentified guy. She stated she really felt something "shatter" right into her belly, and afterwards viewed a male in a hoodie run to an automobile and also dispel. Ryan was actually unimpaired and also continued to the place after altering clothes in her lodging room.She and her team said to ESPN they thought it was a member of Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to receive it," Ryan stated prior to the battle. "It was definitely a setup from her team. What else would certainly it be actually? It's reached be. I am actually from the U.K. Who recognized what time I was emerging of my resort to head to the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded coming from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually searching for her second gain this year.