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Ryan states participant of Mayer's camping ground struck her with paint may ahead of battle

.Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:07 AM ETCloseMMA writer for ESPN.com.Expert for "Mixed Martial Arts Live".Dealt With Mixed Martial Arts for Sin city SunEnglish pugilist Sandy Ryan indicted Mikaela Mayer, her challenger in a name bout Friday night in The big apple, of orchestrating a pre-fight feat through which Ryan was struck through a coating can easily as she left her resort earlier in the evening.Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) dropped her WBO welterweight title to Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by majority selection, along with the courts scoring the battle 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94. The leadup to the fight at Madison Square Garden was actually heavily individual for both, as Ryan had actually been actually working with Mayer's previous longtime train Kay Koroma. Mayer parted ways along with Koroma when he chose to collaborate with Ryan, a move she viewed as a betrayal.Editor's PicksAs Ryan left her accommodation for the location Friday, she was hit through an open coating can easily coming from an unidentified guy. She claimed she really felt something "smash" right into her stomach, and after that saw a male in a hoodie go to an auto as well as repel. Ryan was actually uninjured and advanced to the site after transforming garments in her hotels and resort room.She as well as her crew told ESPN they believed it belonged to Mayer's camping ground, an accusation Mayer has actually refuted." Mikaela Mayer is actually going to acquire it," Ryan stated before the battle. "It was definitely a create from her team. What else would it be? It's reached be actually. I am actually coming from the U.K. That understood what opportunity I was actually coming out of my hotels and resort to go to the location?" Mayer, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, got better from a split selection reduction to Natasha Jones in January. Ryan was searching for her second gain this year.

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