BIO:

Marco Rodriguez (known as Khushnood Butt in the English versions) is a Kyokugen-style karate expert who trained under Ryo Sakazaki. When he became a black belt, he opened a dojo in Brazil and started teaching Kyokugenryu Karate. To prove the might of the martial art, Khushnood entered the "King of Fighters: Maximum Mayhem" tournament. When he returned, he learned that all of his best students got beaten up by the "Gym Buster". Hearing that, he now seeks the maniac.

Marco lead a somewhat austere life in a wooded area on the outskirts of town, and fights using powerful, deliberate attacks. Many of his victory quotes sound insightful and philosophical, just as serious as his training and demeanor. Marco was a green belt at the time of The King of Fighters XI.
  

 

                                      
 

Page Updated:  June 29th, 2020
Marco / Khushnood brilliantly took the place of Ryo in Garou: MOTW, as the series representative new Kyokugen Karate fighter. As far as "karate guys" go, he's gotta be one of my favorites. Marco's got tons of (actual) karate-based moves that hit hard and awesomely fluid animations to boot. In a simple yet dramatic way, he definitely puts a cool spin on the Kyokugen style, while keeping tradition alive.  He was a perfect "next generation" Garou character... and also extra cool him being of the very few African-American karate fighters of the fighting game universe.  On a random personal note, Marco actually looks exactly like my first Karate instructor when I was 7 years old!!! True story. :)
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