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Ryan claims participant of Mayer's camping ground struck her with coating can easily ahead of battle

.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Analyst for "MMA Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan accused Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a name fight Friday evening in The big apple, of coordinating a pre-fight act in which Ryan was hit through a paint may 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 a large number decision, with the courts racking up the match 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Landscape was actually heavily personal for both, as Ryan had actually been partnering with Mayer's past longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer split means along with Koroma when he made a decision to deal with Ryan, an action she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her resort for the venue Friday, she was actually hit through an open paint can easily coming from an unidentified man. She claimed she experienced one thing "smash" into her stomach, and after that observed a man in a hoodie run to an auto and drive away. Ryan was actually unscathed and continued to the location after transforming outfits in her lodging room.She as well as her crew told ESPN they thought it was a member of Mayer's camping ground, a complaint Mayer has actually rejected." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to receive it," Ryan pointed out prior to the match. "It was certainly a create from her group. What else will it be? It's come to be. I am actually from the U.K. That understood what opportunity I was showing up of my hotels and resort to go to the place?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better coming from a split decision loss to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was actually searching for her second succeed this year.