Ming Shi’s UFC Fight Night 248 knockout was shocking, but her parents are in for real surprise

Ming Shi, the Road to UFC strawweight winner is a doctor and a fighter, but her parents are unaware of her combat sports career.

[autotag]Ming Shi[/autotag]’s parents may find out the hard way that their daughter is a highlight-reel knockout artist fighting under the UFC banner.

At UFC Fight Night 248, Shi (17-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) became the first “Road to UFC” strawweight tournament winner by landing a brutal head kick in the third round against Xiaocan Feng. It wasn’t your typical knockout; Feng was down for several minutes and was stretchered out of the octagon.

For Shi, 30, the moment prompted mixed emotions. She had just won the biggest fight of her career as a sizable underdog to became a UFC fighter, but as a medical doctor, she had concerns about her opponent’s health.

“That’s my biggest weakness, I have too much mercy,” Shi said during an interview on the “UFC Fight Night 248 Post Show.” “I’m not aggressive enough. It’s really difficult for me to hurt my opponent. Especially she trained so hard, she’s so young. It’s really sad to see she lie down there for more than 10 minutes. I hope she recovers soon.”

The “Road to UFC” final bout took place on the event’s prelims at Galaxy Arena in Macau. Updates on Feng’s condition were relayed to the broadcast audience during the main card as she was evaluated at a nearby hospital to help ease the concerns for the scary scene.

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Although Shi, who was nicknamed “Dr. Sleep” by Michael Bisping during the broadcast, was worried about her opponent, she has plenty of reasons to celebrate. She earned a UFC contract by winning “Road to UFC” and was also awared a $50,000 Performance of the Night award for the highlight moment.

While things are looking up for Shi, there is one other area of concern as she moves forward. The cat may be out of the bag that she’s a fighter, which is something her parents did not know about. As far as they know, she simply competes in traditional martial arts competitions to break wooden boards.

“I don’t think I’m going to mention it to them,” Shi said. “For my parents, they are traditional Chinese parents and they worry about me. Only doctor or a lawyer, I don’t have other choice. So, I’m going to fight UFC, but maybe every time I will go back home after I recover.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 248.

UFC Fight Night 248 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Deiveson Figueiredo’s $16,000 leads way

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program has now paid out $30 million to athletes since its deal began with Venum.

MACAU – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 248 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $160,000.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

UFC Fight Night 248 took place at Galaxy Arena. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 248 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Petr Yan[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Deiveson Figueiredo[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Yan Xiaonan[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Tabatha Ricci[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Muslim Salikhov[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Song Kenan[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Gabriella Fernandes[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Wang Cong[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Carlos Ulberg[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Volkan Oezdemir[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Zhang Mingyang[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ozzy Diaz[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Su Young You[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Balgyn Jenisuly[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Dong Hoon Choi[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Kiru Sahota[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ming Shi[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Xiaocan Feng[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Carlos Hernandez[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Nyamjargal Tumendemberel[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Lone’er Kavanagh[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Jose Ochoa[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Xiao Long[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Quang Le[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Nikolas Motta[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Hayisaer Maheshate[/autotag]: $4,500

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2481 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $7,703,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $30,440,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 248.

UFC Fight Night 248 video: Ming Shi’s insane head kick sends Xiaocan Feng out on stretcher

Ming Shi scored an all-time knockout at UFC Macau – sending her opponent out on a stretcher.

[autotag]Ming Shi[/autotag] scored an all-time knockout in the strawweight division on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 248 to win the “Road to UFC” tournament.

In the third round of her matchup with [autotag]Xiaocan Feng[/autotag] (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at Galaxy Arena in Macau, Shi (17-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) lined up a beautiful right head kick that connected square to the jaw and led to the highlight finish.

Check out a replay of the stoppage below (via X):

Feng was down for several minutes after the knockout, and was taken out of the octagon on a stretcher. Although happy about her victory, Shi said her concern went around the safety of Feng.

“I feel really happy and I worry about my opponent,” Shi said in her post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. “I hope she is OK. She is young. … I think I’m going to be a dangerous opponent in the future. Good luck to my next opponent.”

Shortly after the conclusion of the bout, UFC commentator John Gooden offered an update on Feng’s condition (via X):

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