Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi talk hot dog eating showdown

Published: Aug 18, 2024 Duration: 00:03:42 Category: News & Politics

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FORECAST. SAVANNAH, CARSON, BACK OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>> TWO LEGENDS IN THE WORLD OF COMPETITIVE EATING, JOEY CHESTNUT. THESE TWO HAVE A RIVALRY THAT WILL BE SETTLED ONCE AND FOR ALL. IT IS LIVE FROM THE HYPER X ARENA IN LAS VEGAS. >> I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS. GENTLEMEN, GOOD MORNING. IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU. LET'S START WITH THE 4th OF JULY. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR. WHAT HAPPENED? >> THEY DIDN'T LET ME COMPETE. IT JUST MAKES ME HUNGRY. I WILL BE BACK ON LABOR DAY LIKE NEVER BEFORE. I WILL BE BREAKING RECORDS. MAYBE I'LL MAKE IT BACK TO CONEY ISLAND NEXT YEAR, BUT I'M JUST FOCUSED ON DOMINATING THIS CONTEST. >> KOBAYASHI, THIS MIGHT BE YOUR FINAL EVENT, THIS FINAL FACE-OFF WITH JOEY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? >> IT MEANS A LOT. SO I HAVEN'T COMPETED FOR FIVE YEARS, SO LITERALLY I'M BACK FOR ONE DAY. >> ONE DAY ONLY? >> YES. >> HOW HAVE YOU BEEN TRAINING FOR JUST ONE DAY? JUST HOT DOGS EATING, THAT'S IT? >> SIMPLE, VERY SIMPLE. >> SAVANNAH, THIS IS, FOR CONTEST, IT WAS KOBAYASHI WORLD CHAMP. THEN COMES IN THE WORD. JOEY COMES IN AS THE NEW CHAMPION. THEN FOR 15 YEARS WE DON'T SEE THE MIKE TYSON AND EVANDER HOLYFIELD OF COMPETITIVE EATING. THEY HAVEN'T GONE AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THAT LONG. SO ON MONDAY, LABOR DAY, WE WILL WATCH IT. >> WE WERE COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER EVERY TIME WE DID IT, THE NUMBERS WOULD GO UP. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT CRAZY NUMBERS. IT'S 76 HOT DOGS. THAT'S MY RECORD. IF ANYBODY WILL PUSH ME, WE WILL PUSH EACH OTHER. THE WORLD WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. HE HAS SOME CHANGES, AND I THINK WE WILL MAKE WORLD RECORDS. >> BY THE WAY, THE RIVALRY IS REAL. YOU WANT THIS TITLE. YOU ARE COMING BACK TO BEAT HIM. >> YEAH. >> HE STILL HAS ME BLOCKED ON INSTAGRAM. >> YEAH. HE'S BLOCKED? >> YEAH. BECAUSE -- BECAUSE HE -- HE HAD A -- I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE -- HE WOULD -- I LOOKED VERY STUPID IF I TALK BACK TO HIM. >> HE'S AMAZING. HE'S AN AWESOME EATER, AND WE'RE GOING TO EAT SOME HOT DOGS FOR REAL ON LABOR DAY. >> THE REAL QUESTION IS, DO YOU EAT HOT DOGS WHEN YOU ARE NOT COMPETING? >> I LOVE THEM, ABSOLUTELY. WHEN I GO TO BASEBALL GAMES I'M TRYING TO EAT NINE HOT DOGS IN NINE DOGS. >> DO YOU STILL LIKE HOT DOGS? >> YES. >> LABOR DAY, TEN YEARS SO -- >> THIS IS THE MATCHUP WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. 15 YEARS, THESE TWO HAVE NOT GONE AT IT IN 15 YEARS. AND THEY ARE ON NETFLIX. IT IS CHESTNUT VERSUS

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