Ronny Markes (born April 21, 1988),[4] is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division.
A professional competitor since 2007, Markes has formerly competed for the UFC, King of the Cage, PFL, Bellator MMA, and M-1 Global.
Markes competed mostly in his native Brazil, with a few early professional fights taking place in Europe.
Markes dropped down to the Middleweight division and faced Aaron Simpson on February 15, 2012 at UFC on Fuel TV 1[6] After being dropped by an uppercut late in the first round Markes overcame adversity and defeated Simpson via split decision.
[8] However, the bout was scrapped on the day of the weigh in as Markes was involved in a minor traffic accident.
[12] On May 15, 2014 it was announced that Markes had signed a deal with World Series of Fighting and plans to return to the Light Heavyweight division.
[13] Markes was expected to face Kelvin Tiller at World Series of Fighting 12: Palomino vs Gonzalez on August 9, 2014, However Tiller was pulled from the fight to replace injured Krasimir Mladenov[14] Markes instead fought promotional newcomer Cully Butterfield at the event.
However, Barnett was deemed unable to compete due to severe illness on the night of the event and the bout was cancelled.
[26] Markes faced Victor Jones on November 19, 2021 at Premier FC 32[27] He won by TKO 21 seconds in to the first round.