59kg

Top Bracket:
-Steven Takahashi (CAN) 2014,15 Pan Am Championship bronze, 2014 Copa Brazil bronze
-Sam Jones (USA) 2014 World University Championships bronze, 2016 Dave Schultz silver
-Ali Soto Macias (MEX) 2015 Pan Am Games silver, 2015 Trophee Milone gold

Bottom Bracket:
-Cristobal Torres Nunez (CHI) 2013 South American Championships bronze, 2014 Copa Brazil 5th
-Javier Dumenico Gonzalez (CUB) 2011 Granma Cup gold

Pick: Macias (MEX) over Nunez (CHI)

66kg

Top Bracket:
-Alejandro Sancho (USA) 2016 Dave Schultz silver, 2015 Bill Farrell bronze
-George Nicfor Batis (HON) 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games bronze

Bottom Bracket:
-Manuel Alejandro Lopez Salcedo (MEX) 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games bronze, 2014 Olympia Tournament silver
-Edward Polanco (DOM) 2015 Pan Am Championships bronze(junior)
-Diego Romanelli (BRA) 2015 Brazil Cup gold, 2015 South American Championships bronze
-Miguel Martinez Palacios (CUB) 2015 Pan Am Games bronze, 2015 Pan Am Championships gold
-Andres Montano Arroyo (ECU) 2015 Pan Am Games gold, 2014 Copa Brazil bronze

Pick: Arroyo (ECU) over Sancho (USA)

71kg

Top Bracket:
-Patrick Smith (USA) 2014 World University Championships silver

Bottom Bracket:
-Jair Cuero Munoz (COL) 2015 Pan Am Games 5th, 2014 Pan Am Championships bronze
-Jefrin Benito Mejia Sambula (HON) 2015 Pan Am Games 5th, 2015 Trophee Milone gold
- Joilson Ramos Junior (BRA) 2016 Grand Prix of Paris bronze, 2015 Brazil Cup gold

Pick: Mejia Sambula (HON) over Smith (USA)

75kg

Top Bracket:
-Luis Rafael Centeno Rodriguez (PUR) 2014 Central American and Caribbean Champion 3rd, 2014 Central American and Caribbean Champion 3rd
-Alvis Albino Almendra Jimenez (PAN) 2015 Pan Am Games 2nd, 2015 Pan Am Championships 7th

Bottom Bracket:
-Geordan Speiller (USA) 2016 Grand Prix of Hungary 3rd, 2015 Pan Am Championships 5th
-Juan Angel Escobar (MEX) 2015 Brazil Cup 1st, 2015 Pan Am Championships 3rd
-Luis Eduard Avendano Rojas (VEN) 2015 Pan Am Games 5th, 2015 Pan Am Championships 5th

Pick: Speiller (USA) over Almendra Jimenez (PAN)

80kg

Top Bracket:
-Claudio Andres Gamboa Zuniga (CHI) 2014 South American Championships, 3rd
-Enrique Javier Cuero Ortiz (ECU) 2013 Pan Am Championships 2nd
-Cheney Haight (USA) 2015 Bill Farrell 3rd

Bottom Bracket:
-Renzo Luigi Garcia Mendoza (PER) 2014 South American Championships 1st
-Maximiliano Daniel Prudenzano (ARG) - 2015 South American Championships 2nd, 2015 Pan Am Games 5th
-Angelo Rafael Marques Moreira (BRA) - 2013 World Military Games 5th
-Carlos Andres Munoz Jaramillo (COL) - 2016 Grand Prix of Paris 5th

Pick: Cuero Ortiz (ECU) over Garcia Mendoza (PER)

85kg

Bottom Bracket:
-Ronisson Brandao Santiago (BRA) 2016 Grand Prix of Paris 1st
-Patrick Martinez (USA) 2015 Grand Prix of Spain 5th
-Alfonso Antonio Leyva Yepez (MEX) 2015 Pan Am Championships 3rd

Pick: Brandao Santiago (BRA) over Vera Garcia (CUB)

98kg

Top Bracket:
-Yasmany Daniel Lugo Cabrera (CUB) 2015 Pan Am Games 1st
-Alex Thoms (CAN) 2013 Junior Pan Am Championships 2nd


Bottom Bracket:
-Luilys Jose Perez Mora (VEN) 2015  Pan AM Championships 3rd
-Davi Jose Albino (BRA) 2015 Brazil Cup 1st

Pick: Lugo Cabrera (CUB) over Perez Mora (VEN)

130kg

Top Bracket:
-Erwin Jose Carballo (VEN) 2015 World 9th, 2014 Central American and Caribean Games 2nd
-Eduard Soghomonyan (BRA) - 2016 Int Ukranian Tournament 3rd, 2016 grand Prix Of Paris 2nd
-Joshoa Malaquia Encarnacion Ovando (DOM) 2010 Jun Pan Ams 2nd
-Toby Erickson (USA) 2016 Dave Schultz 1st, 2015 Bill Farrell 2nd

Bottom Bracket:
-Jarlys Ariel Mosquera Mosquera (COL) 2015 Pan Am Games 8th
-Eduardo Juan Lopez Morell (PUR) 2016 Jack Pinto Cup, 2015 Pan Am Games 3rd
-Luciano Del Rio (ARG) 2015 South American Championships 2nd
-Oscar Pino (CUB) 2015 Gramma Cup 1st

Pick: Carballo (VEN) over Lopez Morell (PUR)