Source: MTV's "Bully Beatdown," host Jason Miller renewed for third season

Jason "Mayhem" Miller's popular MTV reality series, "Bully Beatdown," will return for a third season later this year.

A source close to the TV show confirmed the renewal with Test_rko on Tuesday.

While details about the third season are scarce, the source said Miller returns as the show's host and that the pro-fighter-vs.-bully format will remain largely the same.

During each 30-minute episode of the show, which debuted in March 2009, a bully victim contacts Miller, a professional MMA fighter currently under contract to Strikeforce, for help. An MMA fighter then competes against the bully, who receives cash prizes (up to $10,000) for surviving a round of grappling and a round of kickboxing with the pro.

MTV has aired 16 "Bully Beatdown" episodes over two seasons, which ran from March to April and August to October of 2009.

Fighters such as Strikeforce champion Jake Shields, Bellator champ Eddie Alvarez, Michael Westbrook, Tony Bonello, Conor Heun, Jon Murphy and Thomas Denny have taken part in the show, which has earned mixed reviews from MMA fans.

Regardless, the show, which is executive produced by reality kingpin Mark Burnett, garnered immediate attention when the series debut emerged as the No. 1 rated program in its timeslot among male viewers from 12 to 34 years of age. The ratings have remained solid in key demos.