.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Workers WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Expert for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With MMA for Sin city SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a name bout Friday evening in The big apple, of setting up a pre-fight stunt through which Ryan was gone to by a paint may as she left her accommodation earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by large number decision, with the courts scoring the fight 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Garden was actually greatly personal for both, as Ryan had actually been actually working with Mayer's past longtime train Kay Koroma. Mayer parted techniques along with Koroma when he determined to collaborate with Ryan, a move she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her hotels and resort for the venue Friday, she was actually hit through an available paint can coming from an unidentified male. She stated she felt something "shatter" right into her stomach, and after that saw a man in a hoodie run to a cars and truck as well as dispel. Ryan was actually uninjured and continued on to the venue after changing clothing in her lodging room.She and also her staff said to ESPN they felt it was a member of Mayer's camp, an accusation Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to acquire it," Ryan stated just before the fight. "It was certainly a setup from her group. What else will it be? It is actually reached be. I'm coming from the U.K. That knew what opportunity I was actually visiting of my lodging to visit the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recovered from a split decision loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was searching for her second gain this year.