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A man has pleaded with a magistrate not to record a conviction for assault so he could start his own MMA business.
Jake Timothy Whiteley pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Monday to one count of assault occasioning bodily harm.
The court heard the victim was at a Caltex petrol station at Agnes Water on April 6 where he was approached by Whiteley while walking back to his car.
The pair were known to each other.
Whiteley punched the victim to his right eye causing him to fall and sustain bruising and scratches to his elbows and knees as well as a cut and black eye.