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As someone who has been in a few scuffles (all self defence), I'd say be glad it was minor injuries and not broken bones, missing teeth, head trauma or such. You don't know how lucky you were to walk away from this under your own power.

Most people don't want to get into a fight, most people who have ever been in a real fight don't want to repeat the experience win or lose. You might have a burning desire for justice or such but considering all things, you probably got out of it in the best situation possible.

Try to not let it change you. Adults don't fight like school weans. Experiencing a fight can have the effect of bringing out the coward in you or, worse, making you fight with more conviction if you find yourself in a similar situation down the road. The latter is scarier because, if you encounter this guy in the future, you could potentially ruin your life by underestimating how much damage you can do to someone when you actually fight with intent to cause physical harm and how uncompromising and unfair the police can be at handling them. I.E: It's not a rare story to hear of the police charging everyone in a violent altercation rather than entertaining the argument of who started it. Even a friend who is just a bystander can get dragged into it which can prevent you from going abroad or applying for jobs.

Simple advice is to just move on and write it off as a rare experience you probably won't experience again.