How did Derrick and Cory's fight start in The Challenge season 40? Details explored

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras aired its latest episode on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. The segment saw two popular cast members, Cory Wharton and Derrick Kosinski, get into a verbal altercation and the latter threw a vest at him after the daily challenge.

The two then faced off in the elimination arena in a task involving blind boxing. The Era One player, Derrick, was eliminated from the MTV show. The veteran spoke to Entertainment Weekly about his journey on the show. Chiming in on his feud with Cory, Derrick said:

"That whole verbal altercation at the daily challenge started because I had chosen a side, I had chosen to root for Theo, and I had vocally started to root for Theo while he was up there.

The cast member added that he felt he was being "picked on" by Cory and that Jordon Wesley had called Derrick out for throwing his vest at Cory.

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"I was fed up"— The Challenge: Battle of the Eras star Derrick explains throwing his vest at Cory

The Challenge: Battle of the Eras eliminated contestant Derrick Kosinski, who was part of Era 1 recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about his time on the MTV show. The cast member discussed the events of the latest episode which aired on October 9.

During the episode, Derrick was seen throwing his vest at Cory after a heated exchange. Chiming in on the same, he said that Cory had started "chirping" at him about rooting for Josh and asked him what his problem was. Derrick told The Challenge season 40 star that he would support whoever he wanted.

He said Cory started "puffing his chest, packing back and forth" and approached Derrick multiple times.

"And by the last time, you could see security guards are standing there waiting. In the end, I was fed up, and I took my life jacket off, and I tossed it up at him, and it accidentally hit him in the back," he added.

The Challenge star said he wasn't trying to hit him and that it was "comical how accurate" his aim was. Derrick added he wanted to tell Cory to "finish the job" if he was going to "get" in his face so many times. He explained that he had gotten into fights for less than what Cory did.

Commenting on Jordon's involvement in the issue, Derrick mentioned that he didn't understand what he had said at the time. However, after watching the episode back, he believed Jordon and Cory were trying to "pick on the dude" who didn't have anything "left in the tank."

Despite their heated exchange during The Challenge: Battle of the Eras, Derrick stated there was "no bad blood" between him and Cory. Recalling his elimination task against the season 40 star, Derrick highlighted that it would go down in history as one of the best eliminations. He called it "brutal" and "awesome," and compared it to a Ultimate Fighting Championship fight.

"One person won, one person lost, and I think the embrace, the respect that we saw, is one of those that is reminiscent of two boxers. We f*cking fought to the death, d*amn near," Derrick said.

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Derrick's elimination challenge explored

In The Challenge season 40 episode 8, Derrick and Cory competed against one another in an elimination task. As part of the challenge consisting of two rounds, players were either strikers or evaders.

The striker was blindfolded and had to box their opponents to burst 16 targets placed on different parts of their body. The evaders had bells tied to their body which would inform the striker of their movements. Cory emerged victorious and sent Derrick packing.

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The Challenge season 40 will air episode 9 next week on October 16, 2024, on MTV.