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Ryan says member of Mayer's camping ground attacked her with paint can easily in advance of fight

.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Workers WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Analyst for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Las Vegas SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan charged Mikaela Mayer, her rival in a name match Friday evening in New york city, of coordinating a pre-fight act through which Ryan was gone to through a coating can easily as she left her hotel earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) shed her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by majority choice, along with the courts scoring the fight 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the match at Madison Square Backyard was actually heavily individual for both, as Ryan had been teaming up with Mayer's past longtime trainer Kay Koroma. Mayer split ways along with Koroma when he decided to collaborate with Ryan, a relocation she considered a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her lodging for the site Friday, she was struck by an available coating may from an unknown male. She claimed she felt something "shatter" into her tummy, and afterwards found a male in a hoodie run to a vehicle and also repel. Ryan was unimpaired and also advanced to the venue after modifying outfits in her hotels and resort room.She and her staff informed ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camp, an allegation Mayer has actually rejected." Mikaela Mayer is going to acquire it," Ryan claimed prior to the fight. "It was actually undoubtedly a setup coming from her group. What else would it be? It is actually got to be actually. I am actually coming from the U.K. Who knew what time I was emerging of my hotel to head to the site?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, rebounded from a split choice reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was trying to find her second succeed this year.

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