.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA columnist for ESPN.com.Analyst for “Mixed Martial Arts Live”.Covered Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish fighter Sandy Ryan accused Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a title struggle Friday evening in Nyc, of coordinating a pre-fight feat through which Ryan was hit by a coating may as she left her hotel previously in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost her WBO welterweight name to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by majority decision, along with the judges scoring the fight 95-95, 97-93 as well as 96-94. The leadup to the battle at Madison Square Backyard was actually profoundly private for both, as Ryan had actually been actually teaming up with Mayer’s previous long time trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer split ways along with Koroma when he determined to deal with Ryan, an action she saw as a betrayal.Editor’s PicksAs Ryan left her hotels and resort for the site Friday, she was actually hit through an open paint can coming from an unidentified man.
She said she experienced one thing “smash” in to her belly, and afterwards viewed a male in a hoodie run to a vehicle and also dispel. Ryan was unscathed and also continued to the location after transforming outfits in her accommodation room.She as well as her staff told ESPN they believed it was a member of Mayer’s camp, an allegation Mayer has rejected.” Mikaela Mayer is going to obtain it,” Ryan claimed before the match. “It was actually certainly a create from her group.
What else will it be? It is actually got to be. I am actually coming from the U.K.
Who understood what time I was visiting of my hotel to head to the venue?” Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recovered coming from a split choice reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was searching for her 2nd succeed this year.