Kobayashi is very tough, but he's complaining of an arthritic jaw - sounds like a phony ailment.
Kind of like Curt Schilling and the ketchup on his sock?

Kobayashi will still win, and it will be that much more dramatic because he'll do it with an arthritic jaw.
I saw an article that described him as "The greatest competitive eating athlete". What has this world come to where people who can stuff their faces with a million hot dogs are considered athletes?