Who's the best Bellator champion in history? Keep voting in the quarterfinals!

The first round of our 16-fighter tournament picking the best champions in Bellator history is complete.

On Friday, we asked what would happen if we took the best champions in Bellator history and matched them up, bracket style? Who would wind up the best champ of all time?

So with the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four upon us, we’re giving you the chance to vote for your favorite Bellator champions ever.

In the quarterfinals, the matchups include both No. 1s against the No. 2s: Ben Askren vs. Eduardo Dantas and Michael Chandler vs. Patricio Freire.

Check out the bracket above (or open it in a new window here), then click through to vote in our polls for each of the matchups. The quarterfinal voting will end tonight at midnight ET, and we’ll get the semifinals going after that. Everything will culminate Monday night when we crown our all-time best Bellator champ – through your votes – around the same time we have a new NCAA men’s basketball champion.

(Disclaimer: Fighter seeding was done largely based on total number of title-fight victories. To make the field, fighters had to have had at least two wins in title fights and/or have held the rare distinction of being a two-division champion. Not all fighters who qualified based on those criteria made the final field of 16.)

Sound off in the comments – but most importantly, just vote. And if you want to take a look back at the first-round voting, you can see the percentages in all the poll matchups.

(Note that the polls may not show up in some versions of Firefox and may not work in some spots outside North America. It is recommended you use Google Chrome or Safari to vote.)