.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Professional for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan implicated Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a title bout Friday night in Nyc, of orchestrating a pre-fight feat in which Ryan was struck through a coating can as she left her accommodation earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by bulk choice, along with the courts scoring the struggle 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Yard was greatly private for both, as Ryan had actually been collaborating with Mayer's former long time trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer split ways along with Koroma when he made a decision to work with Ryan, a relocation she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her lodging for the place Friday, she was struck by an open paint can coming from an unknown guy. She stated she felt something "smash" right into her tummy, and after that observed a guy in a hoodie run to a cars and truck and dispel. Ryan was actually unscathed as well as continued to the location after changing garments in her hotel room.She and her group told ESPN they felt it belonged to Mayer's camp, a complaint Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is going to acquire it," Ryan said just before the match. "It was definitely a setup from her crew. What else will it be? It's come to be. I'm from the U.K. Who recognized what opportunity I was emerging of my lodging to head to the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded coming from a split choice reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was seeking her second succeed this year.