In 2005, Goodridge participated in two K-1 World GP tournaments held in United States. On April 30 in Las Vegas he knocked out Sean O'Haire and Scott Lighty to reach the finals of the "K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas", where he was stopped by Glaube Feitosa with a high kick KO. Three months later, on July 30, 2005, in Honolulu, Hawaii he scored three KO wins over Wesley Correira, Carter Williams and Yusuke Fujimoto, respectively, to win the "K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hawaii". He was again given the chance to qualify for the World GP in 2005 but was knocked out by Jérôme Le Banner once again.