Months of tension and heated buildup will be settled in the ring on Friday as Sandy Ryan and Mikaela Mayer face off. The fight for Ryan’s WBO welterweight title takes place at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater and airs on ESPN+ in the U.

Mikaela Mayer dethroned Sandy Ryan of her WBO welterweight title via a majority decision in New York on Friday. In a fight week full of tension, there were bizarre scenes hours before the bout as Briton Ryan was hit with a can of red paint as she made her way to The Theater inside Madison Square Garden.