Joey Chestnut reclaimed the Mustard Belt by eating 70.5 hot dogs and buns in his return to the Nathan's annual Fourth of July contest.

Joey Chestnut climbed his way back to the top in his return performance after demolishing 70.5 hot dogs during Nathan’s Famous Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday, July 4.

In the women's competition for the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest earlier Friday, Sudo captured her 11 th career victory and fourth straight. The 39-year-old from Tampa finished well short of the record she set last year by eating 51 hot dogs, but she downed 33 to comfortably claim her 11 th win in 12 years.