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Ryan claims participant of Mayer's camping ground attacked her with coating may in advance of match

.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA reporter for ESPN.com.Expert for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With MMA for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her opponent in a name struggle Friday night in New York, of orchestrating a pre-fight feat in which Ryan was reached through a paint can as she left her lodging previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through bulk choice, with the courts racking up the bout 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Landscape was heavily private for both, as Ryan had actually been actually partnering with Mayer's past longtime train Kay Koroma. Mayer parted techniques with Koroma when he chose to partner with Ryan, a step she saw as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the site Friday, she was hit through an available paint can from an unknown male. She stated she felt something "shatter" right into her belly, and then saw a guy in a hoodie run to an automobile as well as drive away. Ryan was uninjured as well as continued on to the venue after changing garments in her resort room.She as well as her team informed ESPN they felt it belonged to Mayer's camp, a complaint Mayer has refused." Mikaela Mayer is going to get it," Ryan pointed out prior to the fight. "It was actually certainly a create from her group. What else would it be actually? It is actually come to be actually. I am actually from the U.K. Who understood what time I was actually showing up of my accommodation to head to the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better coming from a split choice loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually searching for her second gain this year.