After the shocking upset this Saturday, what could be in store for Fedor Emelianenko? Certainly, there are plenty of viable options. He could rematch Bret Rogers (who is coming off of a loss also), perhaps a rematch against the only man to give him a loss (Fabricio Werdum), or taking on another contender in the mix like Antonio Silva. Let's take a closer look at where his career could take him after this milestone.

The least likely thing to happen would be a rematch against Rogers, though it could still be possible. There haven't been talks of it or anything, but maybe Strikeforce would surprise us by pitting them together again. This could either kill or help Strikeforce either way, as one of the concerns is whether or not Fedor will re-sign with them. Fedor beating him again would mean he leaves sinking one of their biggest draws even further, but Rogers beating him would mean that they could call him a contender once again. However, as I said, this is the least likely match up. It's too risky for them to do this, no matter how entertaining their bout back in December was.

A rematch would Fabricio Werdum would not be out of this realm. Both Fedor and Werdum would accept and fight. However, on Strikeforce's end, they might not be as anxious about the match up just yet. If they were to have Werdum face Overeem as was originally planned, and then have Fedor fight another contender to get back on track, they could set up the winner of Werdum/Overeem to face Fedor.

Some of you may not know, but Strikeforce was talking about Overeem/Fedor being their first step into pay-per-view...Now, can you imagine a Fedor vs. Werdum 2 on pay-per-view? Fans would be clamoring to see if Emelianenko could avenge his only loss and others would tune it to see if Werdum could pull off the seemingly impossible for a second time. Overeem vs. Fedor would sell itself, given that they are arguably the best 2 heavyweights outside of the UFC.

A possible match up for Fedor would be fighting someone like Antonio Silva. Winning that fight, Strikeforce could say that he's back on track and ready to begin a new winning streak. Apart from that, Emelianenko's contract would be up, thus they could use the rematch with Werdum as a means to renegotiate his contract. This way he can't just blast Fabricio Werdum's head off and walk away avenged, leaving Strikeforce with a messy title picture.

It'll be interesting to see where The Last Emperor's career is headed after his first loss.