Matthew Paley-Free

Grappling Coach & Personal Trainer

Matthew is a Judo Blackbelt and competitor with significant international experience. Born into a Judo family, Matthew has been training since a young age and represented New Zealand at the Youth Worlds on 3x occasions.

Matthew joined CORE MMA as a placement while completing his sport-science studies at Wintec, and was a member of our Youth Elite Academy. He started assistant coaching our Colts BJJ team in 2021 to help develop their takedown game to a competition level, and has now taken a larger coaching role within our Youth & Adults grappling programmes.

He is also a qualified personal trainer and has cross-code experience in BJJ, Wrestling & Submission Grappling.