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Ryan claims member of Mayer's camping ground reached her along with paint may in advance of fight

.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Expert for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Covered MMA for Sin city SunEnglish boxer Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her enemy in a title struggle Friday night in New York, of setting up a pre-fight act in which Ryan was reached by a paint may as she left her hotel previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) through majority choice, with the courts racking up the battle 95-95, 97-93 and also 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Landscape was heavily private for both, as Ryan had been actually teaming up with Mayer's former long time coach Kay Koroma. Mayer split means along with Koroma when he made a decision to collaborate with Ryan, a technique she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the place Friday, she was actually hit by an available paint may from an unidentified man. She said she experienced something "wreck" right into her belly, and afterwards viewed a guy in a hoodie go to a cars and truck and dispel. Ryan was uninjured and continued to the location after transforming clothes in her accommodation room.She and also her group informed ESPN they felt it belonged to Mayer's camp, an allegation Mayer has refused." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to receive it," Ryan pointed out before the match. "It was undoubtedly a create from her staff. What else will it be actually? It's reached be. I am actually coming from the U.K. Who understood what time I was coming out of my lodging to go to the venue?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better from a split decision reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was looking for her 2nd win this year.