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Portland, Maine (July 3, 2022) – New England Fights (NEF) returns with its next mixed-martial-arts (MMA) event “NEF 48: Heatwave” on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at the Rink at Thompson’s Point in Portland, Maine. The event will be NEF’s first outdoor event since “NEF 8” in 2013. Earlier today, the fight promotion announced the addition of an amateur welterweight bout to the card. Joe Peters (1-1) will take on Ed Davis (0-0) at a weight of 170 pounds.
Joe Peters made his combat sports debut last fall in a kickboxing bout in New Hampshire with a win by technical knockout. After losing his first MMA bout on a fight card in Massachusetts earlier in the spring, Peters got back on the winning track in May at “NEF 47” in Auburn, Maine when he defeated Bryant Wade (1-1) by technical knockout in the third round. He currently represents Karasu Tengu Academy (KTA) based in Nashua, New Hampshire. The fight will be Peters first at the welterweight limit as his two previous MMA bouts were contested in the 185-pound middleweight division.