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 returned to the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday and again dominated his competition, earning his 17th title in his last 18 tries.

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.