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Sisko punched Q once, and Q was so entertained that he didn't do anything about it. Don't play.
Q doesn't strike me as a gracious loser, even over petty things like this. Perhaps he made the best of a bad situation.
Despite appearances, Q aren't all-powerful in every way. Depending on your take, The Sisko is either part Prophet, or is at least backed by The Prophets. Their relationship to time might be an issue for Q.
I love the idea of Q effectively teasing an ant, knowing it won't even bother trying to hurt him, because it knows it can't. Only to find himself on his arse with a black eye, thinking WTF just happened... HOW!!!
I think it was more that he was just that surprised
Be that as it may, I prefer to go by what a series shows us that a character can do rather than just assume some non-existent subtext. Other's have mentioned that Sisko is half Prophet. At that point in the show we didn't know that and at least on TV it was never demonstrated that being part Prophet gave Sisko anything other than some precognition (excluding his god-fight with Dukat). Saying that Sisko would have beaten Shran (A person who's culture was highly militant and had ritual fights to the death), because he got away with punching Q once is just...bad theory.
I'm not saying Shran would wipe the floor with Sisko. I just think that speed wins out over strength. Sisko's body is built for brawling. Granted he's also a tactician, but so is Shran.
If nothing else it would be a good fight, but I've gone way to deep on this for a meme.
I mean, I'm not weighing in on who would win between sisko and shran, just my read on sisko's "fight" with Q