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| It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | It's Showtime | |||
| Date | January 28, 2012 | |||
| Venue | WTC Expo | |||
| City | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | |||
| Attendance | 5,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden or It's Showtime 54 & 55 was a kickboxing event held on January 28, 2012, at the WTC Expo in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
The event featured world title fight for It's Showtime World Heavyweight Championship of Hesdy Gerges vs. Daniel Ghiță, world title fight for It's Showtime World 73MAX Championship of Yohan Lidon vs. L'houcine Ouzgni and the last fight of Badr Hari vs. Gökhan Saki. [1]
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| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight |  Badr Hari | def. |  Gökhan Saki | TKO (referee stoppage/3 knockdowns) | 1 | 2:44 | Badr Hari's Retirement Fight |
| Heavyweight |  Daniel Ghiță | def. |  Hesdy Gerges (c) | KO (left hook) | 1 | 2:47 | For the It's Showtime World Heavyweight Championship |
| 70MAX | Robin van Roosmalen | def. | Murat Direkçi | Decision (majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Heavyweight |  Errol Zimmerman | def. | Rico Verhoeven | KO (left hook) | 1 | 0:59 | |
| 70MAX |  Harut Grigorian | def. |  Chris Ngimbi | TKO (doctor stoppage/cut) | 2 | 1:22 | |
| Heavyweight |  Anderson Silva | def. | Michael Duut | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
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| Heavyweight |  Tyrone Spong | def. | Melvin Manhoef | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 73MAX | L'houcine Ouzgni | def. |  Yohan Lidon (c) | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | For the It's Showtime World 73MAX Championship |
| Heavyweight |  Ben Edwards | def. | Ricardo van den Bos | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 95MAX | Sahak Parparyan | def. |  Mourad Bouzidi | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 70MAX | Andy Ristie | def. |  Hinata Watanabe | TKO (referee stoppage/3 knockdowns) | 1 | 2:31 | |
| 70MAX | Hafid El Boustati | def. | Henri van Opstal | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
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