the fight via disqualification after Harris hit Godbeer with a head kick following the referee called a time out due to a groin strike. Godbeer was expected to face promotional newcomer Dmitry Poberezhets on 17 March 2018 at UFC Fight Night 127. However, it was announced on 25 January 2018 Poberezhets was injured and he was replaced by Dmitriy Sosnovskiy. Godbeer lost the fight via submission in the second round. Godbeer was briefly scheduled to face Luis Henrique in his return to light heavyweight division on 22 September 2018 at UFC Fight Night 137. However, Godbeer pulled out of the fight in early August, citing injury, and was replaced by promotional newcomer Ryan Spann. Godbeer announced his retirement on 25 September 2018 . Bare-knuckle boxing Valor Bare Knuckle Mark Godbeer, while retired from MMA, transitioned over to bare-knuckle boxing and entered Ken Shamrock's newly founded Valor Bare Knuckle for its debut event, VBK: 1. Godbeer knocked out former fellow UFC, Bellator, & BAMMA veteran Jack "The Outlaw" May. Goddbeer knocked May out in less than a minute. He then faced current Road FC Open-weight Champion Mighty Mo in the main event for the tournament championship. Godbeer defeated Mo when after a series of punches Mo was knocked down and unable to get up in time for the 10 count, winning the VBK tournament. Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship On September 5, 2020, it was announced that Godbeer had signed with the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. Gromda In 2022, it was announced that Godbeer had signed with Polish bare-knuckle promotion Gromda. He made his debut on June 10, 2022 against Bartłomiej Domalik for the Gromda International Openweight Championship, losing by second-round TKO. Championships and achievements Mixed martial arts BAMMA BAMMA Heavyweight Championship (One time) Bare-knuckle boxing Valor Bare Knuckle Valor Heavyweight Tournament Champion (One time) BKB BKB British Heavyweight Champion (One time) Mixed martial arts record |- |Loss |align=center|13–5 |Sergey Bilostenniy |TKO (punches) |ACA 95: Tumenov vs. Abdulaev | |align=center|1 |align=center|2:04 |Moscow, Russia | |- |Loss |align=center|13–4 |Dmitriy Sosnovskiy |Submission (rear-naked choke) |UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov | |align=center|2 |align=center|4:29 |London, England | |- |Win |align=center|13–3 |Walt Harris |DQ (illegal head kick) |UFC 217 | |align=center|1 |align=center|4:29 |New York City, New York, United States | |- |Win |align=center|12–3 |Daniel Spitz |Decision (unanimous) |UFC 209 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 11–3 | Justin