.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA reporter for ESPN.com.Expert for "MMA Live".Dealt With MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan accused Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a title struggle Friday evening in Nyc, of orchestrating a pre-fight act in which Ryan was gone to through a coating may as she left her hotel earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through majority decision, along with the courts scoring the battle 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Garden was actually heavily personal for both, as Ryan had been teaming up with Mayer's former longtime instructor Kay Koroma. Mayer split methods with Koroma when he decided to deal with Ryan, a relocation she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the place Friday, she was struck by an available paint may coming from an unknown man. She said she felt one thing "wreck" in to her tummy, and afterwards observed a guy in a hoodie go to a vehicle as well as drive away. Ryan was unimpaired as well as continued to the site after changing outfits in her accommodation room.She and also her staff said to ESPN they felt it belonged to Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has actually denied." Mikaela Mayer is going to receive it," Ryan pointed out prior to the match. "It was actually most definitely a create from her staff. What else would it be? It is actually got to be actually. I am actually from the U.K. That understood what opportunity I was emerging of my resort to head to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, bounced back from a split decision reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was trying to find her 2nd succeed this year.