.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA correspondent for ESPN.com.Professional for "MMA Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Sin city SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a title match Friday evening in New York, of orchestrating a pre-fight stunt through which Ryan was actually gone to through a coating can as she left her hotel earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through a large number decision, along with the judges scoring the battle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Backyard was actually greatly private for both, as Ryan had actually been actually collaborating with Mayer's former longtime coach Kay Koroma. Mayer split ways along with Koroma when he chose to deal with Ryan, an action she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotels and resort for the location Friday, she was struck through an open coating can easily from an unknown man. She mentioned she felt one thing "smash" right into her tummy, and then found a man in a hoodie go to an automobile and dispel. Ryan was actually unimpaired and also continued on to the venue after altering clothes in her lodging room.She and also her group said to ESPN they felt it belonged to Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has rejected." Mikaela Mayer is going to obtain it," Ryan mentioned just before the fight. "It was actually definitely a setup coming from her team. What else will it be? It's reached be. I'm from the U.K. That recognized what opportunity I was coming out of my resort to go to the place?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually searching for her second win this year.