For UFC 136, ‘Chael Sonnen Show’ takes a break

For most fighters, the path from the cage to the dressing room to the press conference to the hotel to the airport, and finally, the deafening quiet of home is like a space shuttle in reentry – one-thousand miles per hour to 25 in a school zone.

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For most fighters, the path from the cage to the dressing room to the press conference to the hotel to the airport, and finally, the deafening quiet of home is like a space shuttle in reentry – one-thousand miles per hour to 25 in a school zone.

Then it’s back to the day job of the gym, the occasional interview, the signings, the seminar. The next fight comes around, and blastoff.

After 14 months away from fighting, it’s been a bumpy ride back for Chael Sonnen. The world he’s created and the world in which he finds himself day to day, well, they disagree.