Silver Star Named The Fight Expo's Official Sponsor

Mar 20, 2009

(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Fight Expo is excited to announce Silver Star as The Official Extreme Sports Sponsor of this weekend’s massive two-day MMA and X-Sports extravaganza at the Del Mar complex in San Diego. As The Official Extreme Sports Sponsor, Silver Star’s contribution is making The Fight Expo a multi-faceted affordable entertainment option for enthusiasts, fans and fighters alike in this challenging economy. The Official Extreme Sports Sponsor is helping bring extreme superstars Destin Cantrell and Dan Norris of the RIVC motorcycle stunt team and extreme strong man Steven "Stealth" Miller to entertain the capacity crowd on hand. Also on hand will be skaters such as Willy Santos, Bryan Sumner, Zack Archuleta & Christian Hosoi.

“In having Silver Star as The Official Extreme Sports Sponsor for The Fight Expo, we believe that we can offer their brand a broader audience that just mixed martial arts alone”, said Ken Schmitz, CSO from The Fight Expo’s production and sales agency SalesFish Brand Marketing & Sales. “They really helped to give our client the capacity to provide a show that lives and breathes the brand everything 4 enthusiasts, fans and fighters.”

About Silver Star: Rapidly becoming the clothing choice for MMA fighters and fans, Silver Star has been putting it’s stamp on the action sports business sector since founder Luke Burrett started the company in over a decade ago in 1996. Silver Star Casting Company's series of premium signature fighter shirts has expanded to include both signature tees and full collections with fight champs such as Georges “The Rush” St. Pierre, “Suga” Rashad Evans, Rob “The Saint” Emerson, Karo “The Heat” Parisyan, Clay “The Carpenter” Guida, Jon “Bones” Jones, David “The Crow” Loiseau, and Jeremy “Gumby” Horn.

Silver Star’s high quality graphic tees are made of 100% distressed cotton and include foil accenting, with water-based dyes responsible for the powerful colors and no-hand-feel on the graphics. The art for these signature shirts is designed exclusively for the fighters by Silver Star's art team. Browse their full line of in over 2000 stores world wide or online at www.buysilverstar.com.

About The Fight Expo: The Fight Expo, March 21-22 in Del Mar, California, is a massive two-day MMA and X-Sports extravaganza. The Fight Expo will be featuring the Grapplers Quest 10th Anniversary Hall of Fame induction ceremony and a $25,000 submission grappling competition for grapplers of all ages and skill levels. In addition to appearances by the biggest names in MMA and X-Games sports, Gina Carano and Bruce Buffer will be on hand to assist with a special fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego. For more event information, visit www.thefightexpo.com.