Mauricio Rua is quick to note that Chael Sonnen has been respectful to him in the buildup to their headliner at this weekend’s UFC Fight Night 26 event. Not that it’s really mattered in how “Shogun” approached the fight, but still. “I kind of imagined he wouldn’t start talking smack this time,” Rua (21-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) said of his silver-tongued opponent in a recent interview with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). The ex-UFC champ did, however, take exception to something Sonnen (27-13-1 MMA, 6-6 UFC) said at the outset of the promotional cycle