.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a name match Friday evening in New york city, of orchestrating a pre-fight act in which Ryan was actually hit by a paint may as she left her lodging earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through large number decision, with the courts racking up the bout 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Yard was actually deeply personal for both, as Ryan had been partnering with Mayer's former longtime train Kay Koroma. Mayer split methods along with Koroma when he made a decision to work with Ryan, a technique she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her accommodation for the venue Friday, she was hit by an open coating can easily coming from an unidentified guy. She said she experienced one thing "wreck" into her tummy, and after that found a male in a hoodie run to a cars and truck and also dispel. Ryan was uninjured as well as advanced to the venue after modifying outfits in her accommodation room.She and her team said to ESPN they thought it was a member of Mayer's camp, a complaint Mayer has actually denied." Mikaela Mayer is going to get it," Ryan claimed just before the match. "It was actually definitely a create from her crew. What else will it be actually? It is actually reached be actually. I'm coming from the U.K. Who 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 choice reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually looking for her second succeed this year.