Phil Williams made his first crack at becoming a main event level draw in Minnesota, and toted an 8-0 record, undefeated, but then again he had not yet fought Marcus Oliveria (14-0-1, 10 KO's). Oliveria who boasted a stellar record with ten knockouts to his credit came to the ring with a naturally bigger, yet well cut physique. Marcus Oliviera had also never tasted the canvas, but then again he had never fought Phil Williams.
Both fighters ate their fair share of jabs early in the fight, but Oliveria established his power right out of the gate snapping Williams’ head back on multiple occasions with the spear like jab. Williams was clearly on the back step for most of the early going until a flush right hand floored Oliveria, stunning the Topeka Kansas native moments before the bell sounded to end round three.
Williams appeared to have a defensive mentality, as he allowed Oliveria to chase him, sometimes even into a corner, but his attempt to out-slick the bigger man became apparent as he began to pepper in some solid counterpunching. Neither fighter looked like they would be satisfied with a decision as both gunned for a knockout, and Williams made yet another bold case in the sixth, sending Oliveria through the ropes. Oliveria rose to his feet, only to hear the chant of “Phil the drill” echoing through the Grand Casino ballroom. Williams took the defensive route again and was on the backstep all the way to the bell, collecting another two point round.
As they do in every classic the tables turned on Friday Night, and the seventh round was Oliveria’s turn to celebrate. The hometown crowd became silent as Phil Williams was staggered by a power shot, resulting in The Drill’s first trip to the canvas. Williams’ heart held strong, but his legs faltered as Mark Nelson called the bout to a halt at the 2:42 mark with Williams on his knees in a corner. Phil Williams experienced the first loss of his career, but was far from a destroyed man, as he held his trademark drill symbol in the air to acknowledge his fans, who embraced the crowd pleasing light heavyweight’s display of tenacity in battle, and class in defeat.
MinnesotaBoxing.com spoke briefly with Williams (now 8-1, 8 KO's) immediately following the bout. "I'm alright" said Williams when asked for his thoughts on what just took place. "I hurt him twice but just wasn't able to finish him off. I will go back and watch the tape and learn from this." Williams seemed to be in high spirits stating that he would like to get a rematch with Oliveria.
Oliveria and his team paraded around the ring in celebration afterwards. Oliveria said he was confident with his strategy to walk Williams down and never strayed from it despite the two knockdowns. "Williams hits very hard but my head was clear after both of them." Oliveria said he would consider a rematch.

“Golden” Caleb Truax (8-0, 5 KO's) was all that and more, outclassing game unorthodox boxer Bobby Kliewer (9-5, 4 KO's).
Kliewer was visibly energetic, dancing his way to the ring, while Caleb Truax maintained his reserve in the red corner, looking focused through the pre-fight introductions. Kliewer’s energy carried into the early going of the fight as he lunged forward with looping hooks, and overhand rights. Early in the second, Truax was caught square with a wide shot that appeared to have done some damage.
After Truax had shaken off the punch he began to let his hands go, countering effectively and moving well. Just as it appeared Truax was beginning to take control a clash of heads sent Kliewer to the canvas, and Truax to his corner, resulting in a pause to the action. After wits were gathered both fighters touched gloves and finished out the second.
Twenty-three seconds into the third round, in the center of the ring, “Golden” Caleb Truax landed a left hook that dropped the jaws of onlookers, and put Bobby Kliewer face first on the mat. It was a shot that left no doubt, only a picture perfect stamp on a well rounded performance. The official time of the stoppage was :23 of round three. If Caleb Truax had not caught fan’s eyes before Friday Night he definitely wasted no time finishing the job in Hinckley with a third round knockout of Bobby Kliewer.
Afterwards, Truax gave credit to Kliewer for his unorthodox punches early but stated it was only a matter of time before he settled in and took him out like he did.
Kliewer said that the third round was either kill or be killed for him. "I'm going to school now in Mankato so haven't really been training properly" said Kliewer. "I told my coach that I was out of breath and that would be my last round (round three). I went out there to put it all out and threw everything I had at him but I couldn't keep my hands up and he caught me."

Leading up to the co-main events, fans were treated to a night full of action in a solid undercard.
In heavyweight action Emerson Chasing Bear upped his record to (4-0-1, 3 KO's) scoring a decision win over Harley Kilfian ( 5-2, 4 KO's). Kilfian seemed to control the pace in the middle rounds, using his jab to create distance, but Chasing Bear came on strong in the 6th and final round, propelling himself to a decision victory.

Minneapolis’ own Jon Schmidt (6-1, 5 KO's) did his fans proud with a knockout win over Silas Ortley (3-5, 2 KO's). Ortley landed a few damaging shots, showing grit, but Schmidt was able to whether the shots and land the sharper punches through three rounds. Ortley failed to answer the bell in the fourth resulting in a Schmidt TKO3 victory.

St. Paul native and welterweight Sam Morales (3-0, 1 KO) came away with a decision win over Cheyenne Ziegler (2-3, 2 KO's) in four rounds. Scores read 39-37, 39-37 and 40-37

Kristie Davis (4-1, 3 KO's) opened the night with a decision win over Jessica Bednark (0-1). Scores were 40-37, 39-38, 39-37.