World of Sport  MMA star uses bout winnings to pay for dad’s
life-saving surgery  Nik Lentz has now won three straight UFC
fights. (USA Today)  The telephone rang on Christmas Eve, as Nik
Lentz was headed to a friend's home for a holiday party. He saw
the phone number of his manager, Monte Cox, appear on his caller
ID.  Lentz, a UFC fighter, wasn't expecting to hear from Cox.
When he saw who it was, he briefly wondered why he'd be getting
a call from Cox on Christmas Eve.  Perhaps, he thought, Cox was
calling with holiday wishes. Or, he surmised, Cox had a fight
offer to present that might have been good news.  Lentz answered
and Cox's familiar voice came on the line.  But this was not a
pleasant call, definitely one that Cox did not want to make.
Cox told Lentz he'd been talking to UFC officials, and they
weren't happy with Lentz's fighting.  Two weeks earlier, Lentz
had lost a bout to Mark Bocek at UFC 140 in Toronto. About 14
months before that, Lentz defeated Andre Winner in a fight that
UFC president Da