Shinya Aoki, Gegard Mousasi and Alistair Overeem win at Dynamite

Shinya Aoki dominated Mizuto Hirota to retain his Dream lightweight title and once again show that he is a top lightweight and likely best challenger to BJ Penn's throne. In fact, he broke his opponent's arm last night after Hirota refused to tap out. Aoki later apologized for unprofessionally giving the Hirota camp the finger after the fight.

In other New Year's Eve Dynamite action, Gegard Mousasi didn't sweat in his blow out of way past his prime Gary Goodridge. Mousasi desperately needs a serious challenge otherwise it could hinder his growth. Unfortunately, none really exists outside of the UFC right now. Strikeforce will have to attract some serious light heavyweight contenders to make some fights with Mousasi. Dan Henderson is more of a middleweight and Fedor Emelianenko is a heavyweight so none are perfect fits.

Also in action last night was Alistair Overeem, who KO'd Kazuyuki Fujita in a relatively easy victory. Overeem has not defended his Strikeforce heavyweight title for over two years now due to other commitments but indicated that he wants to fight Fedor in May 2010 for the title.

All three of these fighters are worldwide top 10 in their respective weight categories (if not top 5). Aoki is second at lightweight. It will be interesting to see where they go from here as I strongly believe they are each ready to make a bigger impact on the world stage and specifically in the US.