Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest: Live Results and Highlights from the July 4th Event

The women are about to come out and a bunch of Jersey Shore meatheads are raging in the Surf and Stillwell crowd with Super Soakers. Happy 4th of July, y'all.

Before the dogs

The biggest show of the sport is on us. The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest is here.

The annual tribute of athleticism, perseverance and gluttony that lasts an hour will catch the world's attention on Wednesday afternoon after the World Cup was born. Suspend the games of July 4th and July 5th to allow fans from around the world to recover from the battle between legends Joey Chestnut, Matt "Megatoad" Stony and Carmen Cincotti at the corner of Surf and Stillwell avenues. [19659005] The chestnut, without exaggeration, is the greatest American athlete to honor the face of the earth. His dominance on the brightest stage of his sport includes 10 of the last 11 titles of Nathan, the Super Bowl Major League Eating. In the past 11 years, LeBron James has only won three NBA titles. Serena Williams has only five Wimbledon championships. The New England Patriots raised the Lombardi Trophy only twice.

But if these failed upgrades have attracted too much attention for too long. Chestnut worked hard, mastering his trade in relative anonymity after recovering Takeru Kobayashi's yellow mustard belt and returning the U-S-A to "hot dog". Er, "weiner."

No, wait. "Frankfurters." Can not spell "Frankfurters" without U-S-A. The Chestnut reign has only been contested by Californian Stony, the thousand-year-old YouTubing here to challenge the old guard of competitive eating with its livestreams and emojis and its hatred of Applebee. Stonie won the crown in 2015 by shooting down 62 dogs, enough to light a fire under a complacent chestnut. The veteran came back strong after the defeat, breaking his own records with 71 hot dogs and buns (HDB) in 2016 and then 72 HDBs in 2017 to set a new standard for American achievement.

Stony fell in the third year last, supplanted by Cincotti. Can Cincotti, world number two in the world of competition, make a name for itself on July 4th? Or will America celebrate its independence once again by watching my unofficial President Joey Chestnut wear once again the mustard yellow belt?

How to Watch

The annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest will be held Tuesday at Coney Island in New York City. The contest will be broadcast on ESPN's family networks, starting with the women's championship followed by the men's championship.

Chestnut and Miki Sudo, the winners of 2017, will come back to defend their title of hot dog eater. The chestnut consumed 72 hot dogs during the contest last year. Chestnut was about to break his personal record and record of 73.5 hot dogs, set record in 2016.

Sudo, who won four hot dog contests Nathan's Hot Dog, ate 41 hot -dogs last year. She was close to breaking the record of 45 hot dogs, which is owned by Sonya Thomas.

See Nathan's Hot Dog Eaters Contest

Date: Wednesday, July 4

Location: Nathan's Famous Corporation, Brooklyn, NY

Female Events: [19659016] Time ]: 10h50 ET

Online Broadcast : WatchESPN, ESPN App

Men's Event:

Time: 12 pm ET

TV: ESPN2

Online Stream: WatchESPN, ESPN App