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Ryan points out participant of Mayer's camp attacked her with paint can before fight

.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Workers WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA correspondent for ESPN.com.Analyst for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a name bout Friday night in Nyc, of managing a pre-fight feat through which Ryan was hit through a coating may as she left her lodging earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by large number decision, along with the courts scoring the fight 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Backyard was greatly private for both, as Ryan had been partnering with Mayer's past long time trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer parted ways along with Koroma when he made a decision to partner with Ryan, a move she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotels and resort for the place Friday, she was hit by an available paint can easily coming from an unidentified man. She claimed she experienced something "shatter" into her belly, and after that saw a man in a hoodie go to an auto and dispel. Ryan was actually unimpaired and also continued to the place after changing outfits in her hotel room.She as well as her team told ESPN they thought it belonged to Mayer's camping ground, an accusation Mayer has refused." Mikaela Mayer is going to receive it," Ryan said before the match. "It was actually undoubtedly a setup coming from her crew. What else will it be actually? It is actually come to be actually. I'm coming from the U.K. Who understood what opportunity I was emerging of my lodging to head to the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was seeking her second gain this year.