A broken hand will prevent Tim Sylvia from making an Oct. 25 debut with the Dream promotion in Japan, said the fighter’s manager Monte Cox.

Cox said the 6-foot-8 Sylvia broke his right hand about a minute and a half into his heavyweight bout with Jason Riley at Adrenaline 4 last Friday in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Sylvia scored a technical knockout 2:32 into the first round. Cox said the 33-year-old Sylvia will be out of action until December.

Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem was one of the names floated for Sylvia’s Oct. 25 debut, and Cox said he hopes to get that bout or another of equal proportion on track for the promotion’s planned New Year’s Eve event.

HT: Sherdog