Career
He is 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) tall and weights 99 kg (218 lb). In 2005 Marko entered the West.A.K.O. World Championships in Szeged, Hungary where he made it to the final of the heavyweight division (91 kg/2002 lbs) in Full-Contact - only to lose out on a gold medal against Denys Simkin. As an amateur boxer in 2007 Marko made it to the 2007 World Championships where he lost his first bout to David Price.
He also returned to kickboxing that year with West.A.K.O. for the world championships in Coimbra, Portugal making the final of the super heavyweight division and winning a silver medal.
At the Olympic qualifications he defeated Kurban Günebakan, got a walkover over Magomed Abdusalamov and surprisingly beat Robert Helenius 16:7, thus qualifying for Beijing.