MMA reference in One Piece chapter 489 on Rumbar gravestone

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MMA reference, allegedly (found it on german opwiki, via chatgpt. It only gave Gomi, Fedor and Cro Cop, but I think I've found more while typing this post! Holy fuck!).
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First image, the lines possibly are:

UFCJONJUSANMIRUKARAT (thought it could be Jon Jones, but it can't be - he made his UFC debut several months after this chapter's release).
EDIT: HOLY FUCK, JUST REALISED IT'S PROBABLY GEORGES ST PIERRE.
UFC JONJU SANPIERRU KARAT (=Japanese pronunciation of Georges St Pierre and he did karate before MMA)

NURUNUR AKIYAMA MISAKI (nurunuru=greasy in Japanese. Akiyama=Yoshihiro Akiyama aka Sexyama aka Choo Sung-hoon, who fought Kazuo Misaki at Hero's1 on New Year's Eve in 2006. Akiyama was famously accused of greasing his body before his 2006 fight with Kazushi Sakuraba. More proof in post #4). Certainty: high (I now type like AI?)

HINOTAMA BOY GOMI FURAT (hinotama boy=Fireball boy. Pride LW champion Takanori Gomi's nickname was The Fireball Kid). Certainty: high.

SENGOKU KITAI (dunno. Can't line up with Sengoku MMA, so maybe a reference to One Piece's Sengoku character).

Second image:

MIKU KOKUROCU (Mirko Cro Cop. A top HW contender)

EMERIAENKO HIT or maybe EMERIANKO HY (=Emelianko hit. Fedor Emelianko was Pride HW champ. His biggest rivalries were Cro Cop and Nogueira)

DOORU ANTONIO or DOBRA ANTONIO (Hydooru=Fedoru. Or dobra=dabura=ダブる=double/duplicated. Could be hitting him repeatedly? Or because Fedor beat him twice. ANTONIO=Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira)


One of you Japanese guys drop by Oda's house and ask him @Cenas bald spot




Full page:




Anime:

English scans (got the cross text close-up from this):

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First row says
UFC N

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What you reckon @SSJ2 @Fantastische Hure @Symbiote @Cell-Max @Mystic @Kyo (I know ur around) @Future Warrior @others (not @coconut guy. Fk that jacket-stealing scrub)



OP Wiki page: https://opwiki.org/index.php?title=Manga:Kapitel_489

 

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Gomi
Lol:

One of the best MMA fights of all time. Only time this submission has been hit in high-level MMA. In Vegas, so no knees or kicks head of grounded opponents:

 

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One of the best mma promos ever:

One of the best HW fights:

Huge suplex, a lot of people thought he might've died for a second:

 

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Couple judo throws:

Akiyama vs Misaki. Even the newer Japanese comments on the video are talking about Akiyama's greasing incident:

Some xenophobic comments in here (top left and bottom right)

 

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