.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Workers WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA correspondent for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Covered MMA for Sin city SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a name struggle Friday night in The big apple, of managing a pre-fight stunt in which Ryan was actually reached by a paint may as she left her accommodation earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through bulk choice, along with the courts scoring the struggle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Garden was deeply private for both, as Ryan had been partnering with Mayer's past longtime train Kay Koroma. Mayer parted means with Koroma when he made a decision to partner with Ryan, a technique she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her lodging for the site Friday, she was actually hit through an available coating may coming from an unknown man. She stated she really felt something "wreck" right into her stomach, and then observed a male in a hoodie go to a cars and truck and also drive away. Ryan was actually unimpaired and also continued to the venue after altering garments in her hotel room.She and also her crew informed ESPN they thought it was a member of Mayer's camp, a complaint Mayer has rejected." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to acquire it," Ryan said before the fight. "It was most definitely a setup coming from her staff. What else would it be actually? It is actually reached be. I am actually from the U.K. That understood what opportunity I was appearing of my hotels and resort to go to the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recovered coming from a split decision reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually searching for her second gain this year.