Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi, two legends in the world of competitive eating, join TODAY to talk about their decades-long rivalry highlighted in a Netflix special event “Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef.” Chestnut also speaks out on his controversial ban from Nathan’s Fourth of July contest.
Two of the world's greatest competitive eaters are vying for top dog during a Labor Day showdown streaming live on Netflix. Monday's highly anticipated matchup between American Joey Chestnut, a 16-time champion of Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, and Japan's Takeru Kobayashi, who has won the same title six times, will be their first dog-to-dog face-off in 15 years. Netflix, which is billing the event as 'Chestnut vs.
But after ceasing competitive eating for the past five years, he said on 'TODAY,' the opportunity to scarf down hot dogs again with Chestnut 'means a lot' because he's retired. 'Literally, I'm back for one day,' said Kobayashi, who is nicknamed the Tsunami. His string of wins in the annual Nathan's contest in the early- and mid-2000s helped to popularize competitive eating.
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