'Bellator 360' averages 350,000 viewers for Jan. 10 episodes on Spike

"Bellator 360," Bellator MMA's new Thursday night original series, saw its numbers dip in its second week.

After averaging 487,000 viewers over a two-hour block of back-to-back episodes for its premiere shows on Jan. 3, this past week's pair of episodes, on Jan. 10, averaged 350,000 viewers on Spike TV.

This past Thursday's first episode, which aired at 10 p.m. ET, averaged 397,000 viewers. The show immediately following, at 11 p.m. ET, averaged 303,000 viewers.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) on Thursday confirmed the ratings information with industry sources.

Hosted by Bellator broadcast analyst Jimmy Smith, "Bellator 360" highlights past fights in the promotion's history while also previewing upcoming matchups.

This past week, the show highlighted the promotion's welterweights in the 10 p.m. ET episode, including current champion Ben Askren (10-0 MMA, 7-0 BFC), who next week will meet Season 6 tournament winner Karl Amoussou (16-4-2 MMA, 4-1 BFC) next week at Bellator 86.

And in the 11 p.m. ET episode, the show took a look at the featherweights, including champion Pat Curran (17-4 MMA, 7-1 BFC), who puts his title on the line against Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (17-1 MMA, 5-1 BFC) on Thursday night in the promotion's eighth season premiere, which will be its first season on Spike.

After two weeks, "Bellator 360" and its four episodes have averaged 418,500 viewers – though the numbers from the show's first two episodes to those in its second week represent a 28 percent decrease in overall viewership.

The all-time "Bellator 360" ratings include:

Jan. 3 ratings: 487,000 viewers
Jan. 10 ratings: 350,000

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