N-Dubz frontman Dappy had his sentencing adjourned at Reading Magistrate's Court this morning.
The rapper who entered the courtroom wearing a black jumper, white shirt and black trousers had earlier been warned he faced jail but the case has been referred back to Guildford Crown Court where he was given a suspended sentence in January.
Dappy was convicted of assault on Friday, September 5 after he punched a football coach in a Reading nightclub after feeling "humiliated" by him.
The musician appeared in court under his real name Costadinos Contostavlos.
Dappy, 27, had denied the assault on Devonn Reid in Evissa Nightclub in Castle Street in the early hours of Sunday, October 6.
But after hearing all the evidence district judge Davinder Lachhar returned a guilty verdict and warned him jail might be an option.
The musician also accepted he was in breach of a six-month jail sentence given to him in January, which had been suspended for 18 months after he had been convicted of affray for his involvement in a brawl on a Guildford petrol station forecourt.
Mr Reid told the court he was celebrating his 21st birthday and had arrived at Evissa at about 11pm with a group of around 15 friends.
Throughout the evening he drank seven alcoholic drinks; five double vodkas and two Jägerbombs.
He told the court that at around 2am he noticed the rapper talking to his friend's girlfriend, Marie O'Reilly, at the bar.
He said he told Dappy: "You can't talk to them", while gesturing to his own girlfriend, Cydney Webb, and Miss O'Reilly.
"Dappy said something, I didn't hear what he said," said Mr Reid.
"I turned in to look at him, that is when he hit me straight on my nose. Clenched fist, straight on the bridge of my nose.
Mr Reid said he went outside and argued with bouncers after he was not allowed back into the nightclub.
He was arrested by police, who dropped him home in Reading without charge, the court heard.
Giving evidence in court, Dappy said he had decided to visit Evissa that night after finishing work in a Reading studio.
Asked how he would describe the mood of the club, Dappy said: "It was a very good night, everyone was being really polite to me.
Dappy said he felt "vulnerable from a group of at least six or seven boys" at the bar and was pulled away by a bouncer before a punch was thrown.
Zainab Mohamed, prosecuting, said Dappy had been left "humiliated" earlier in the night after some clubbers failed to recognise him, which was backed up by a statement from Sheriff Nybally, the bouncer looking after Dappy that night.
Speaking at the hearing today Judge Lachhar said Dappy: "Is a man who obviously has violent tendencies."