Chael Sonnen's Mouth in Prime Form as UFC 148 Approaches

BURBANK, Calif. -- It's barely noon on Monday of the biggest week of his professional life, but Chael Sonnen is already clicking on all cylinders.

The man who will challenge Anderson Silva for the middleweight title in the main event of UFC 148 on Saturday night won't even arrive in Las Vegas to commence fight-week activities until evening.

But as he holds court with a group of reporters in a private dining room at Morton's the Steakhouse, Sonnen finds himself getting all wound up while discussing the recent rash of UFC fighter injuries.<...