Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi settled some unfinished beef.
In Netflix‘s dwell streaming occasion hosted on Labor Day, Sep. 2 by Rob Riggle and Nikki Garcia, aggressive eaters Chestnut and Kobayashi battled as soon as once more for the primary time in 15 years. The winner was awarded $100,000 and introduced with a WWE-made customized championship title belt.
Regardless of Kobayashi as soon as revealing plans for retirement however desirous to battle his longtime rival once more, Chestnut was revealed because the champion with 83 sizzling canine eaten.
“I’ve been attempting to hit 80 sizzling canine for years,” Chestnut stated earlier than crediting Kobayashi for stirring the aggressive nature out of him. “He drives me. We weren’t at all times good to one another however we push one another to be our greatest.”
“I really feel like I did all the things I might,” Kobayashi stated of the loss.
The 2 aggressive eaters have battled one another for years within the annual Nathan’s contest, however the final time they competed face to face was in 2009, when Chestnut beat Kobayashi in a 5 sizzling canine sudden loss of life eat-off.
Key adjustments to the laws for his or her battle this time embody no dunking or pouring water on sizzling canine and buns; no separation of sizzling canine from buns; penalties could also be issued for breaking of guidelines, or regurgitation; 30 seconds to complete what’s left of their mouths at finish of 10 minutes and extra crumbs are weighed and deducted from scores if crucial.
Previous to the competitors, Chestnut and Kobayashi mirrored on their rivalry.
“He was a tremendous champion till he began shedding,” Chestnut stated. He additionally alleged that each time Kobayashi has misplaced he offers “an excuse,” mentioning when Kobayashi as soon as revealed he had a jaw situation.
“Once I heard Joey saying my jaw downside was faux I obtained actually upset,” Kobayashi stated. “That is the primary time that my private emotions are concerned. I need to kick his ass.”
Chestnut is a 16-time Nathan’s winner (together with the final eight years) and holds the document for many sizzling canine consumed in 10 minutes with 76. Kobayashi is a six-time Nathan’s winner and the topic of a latest Netflix documentary Hack Your Well being: The Secrets and techniques of Your Intestine, during which he revealed he deliberate to retire from aggressive consuming. In 2010, Kobayashi was banned from competing within the competitors as a consequence of a contract dispute. He has damaged world data for aggressive consuming and at present holds greater than 10 world data within the sport.
“Retiring for me will solely occur after I take him down one final time,” Kobayashi stated in a press release when the competitors was first introduced. “This rivalry has been brewing for a very long time. Competing towards Joey dwell on Netflix means followers all around the world can watch me knock him out.”
Through the particular, different Olympians Ryan Murphy, Max Irving, and Ryan Lochte competed towards Stonie in a rooster wing consuming showdown — Stonie received after consuming 53 wings in 3 minutes. Then, 24-time Guinness World Document holder Leah Shutkever additionally tried to set the document for probably the most watermelon eaten in a single minute which she achieved.
Unfinished Beef is simply the newest dwell occasion that streamed on Netflix. Different upcoming dwell occasions embody a dwell boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson in November and two NFL video games in a blockbuster deal with the league in December.