If you want to see the future of the UFC’s bantamweight division, you’re going to want to catch tonight’s UFC Fight Night 88 event.

In the main event, Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt put their unbeaten records on the line in a fight that should provide plenty of fireworks. These two young bantamweights have a similarly aggressive style that usually results in their opponents staring up at the lights well before regulation time expires.

In the co-main event, former bantamweight champion Renan Barao tries his luck at featherweight and moves up to face featherweight Jeremy Stephens.

As for the other bantamweight fight you have to see, that one pits Aljamain Sterling against Bryan Caraway. Like the main event, this one will have some serious repercussions in the 135-pound rankings.

If you have Memorial Day-themed cookouts to attend on Sunday, you’ll want to schedule your day accordingly; UFC Fight Night 88, which takes place at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, is an event you’re going to want to see. Things get underway on UFC Fight Pass before moving to FOX Sports 1 for the remainder of the card.

Here are 10 reasons to watch UFC Fight Night 88.

1. Phone a friend

What we have in the main event are two 24-year-old fighters with a combined record of 28-0 and 26 stoppages between them. Almeida (20-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC), No. 12 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA bantamweight rankings, is the more experienced fighter, but that doesn’t mean Garbrandt (8-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who’s an honorable mention and just outside the top 15, isn’t a threat.

These two are ultra aggressive and confident. They trust their striking as much as they trust their chins.

Almeida has earned a fight-night bonus in each of his four UFC fights, and at least on paper, he looks like a favorite to make it five.

If you have friends, neighbors or even casual acquaintances who think they’re not interested in MMA, give ’em a call and implore them to watch this fight.

2. Two vets with something to prove

What some tend to forget is that before May 24, 2014, Barao was 32-1. He’s lost two of three since then, both losses coming to T.J. Dillashaw in bantamweight title fights. So, the idea that he’s washed up or, as Stephens claims, “mentally broke” is questionable.

Barao’s (33-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) first bout at 145 pounds won’t be easy. He’s going up against a man with 19 career stoppages – a man confident he’ll make it an even 20 on Sunday.

This fight is important for Barao, who is ranked No. 4 at bantamweight, but it may be more important for Stephens (24-12 MMA, 11-11), the No. 11 ranked featherweight who’s 1-3 in his last four fights, with that win coming in a fight in which he missed weight by almost five pounds.

3. Looking to get back in mix

In January, Tarec Saffiedine returned from a layoff of close to 16 months. In that fight, he defeated Jake Ellenberger by unanimous decision. Saffiedine’s (16-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) opponent at UFC Fight Night 88, Rick Story (18-8 MMA, 11-6 UFC), attempts to replicate Saffiedine’s feat when he comes back from a layoff of almost 18 months.

Both of these welterweights are relatively young; Saffiedine is 29, and Story is 31, so they do have time to get back in the mix, but lengthy layoffs never help.

A win for Story will give him three straight victories, but the time off has hurt him and left him out of the rankings. Saffiedine is currently an honorable mention; a win would give him two victories in the first five months of 2016.

4. Time is now

Vitor Miranda has been hot since dropping to middleweight. He’s won each of his three fights at 185 pounds by TKO. At UFC Fight Night 88, he faces the most recognizable name of his career: Chris Camozzi. This is a good matchup for Miranda (12-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC). Camozzi (21-10 MMA, 8-7 UFC), like Miranda, is an aggressive striker.

Miranda is 37, and if he wants to make moves (and it sounds like he does), he needs to capitalize on fights like this one. If he can put away Camozzi like he did his three most recent opponents, it’ll mark the first knockout loss of Camozzi’s career, and that could earn Miranda a top-15 opponent next.

5. Checking gauges

Here we have two relative newcomers to the welterweight division attempting to make a name for themselves at 170 pounds. In one corner, Jorge Masvidal (29-10 MMA, 6-3 UFC), who decided to head up to welterweight after a lengthy and relatively successful run at lightweight. In the other corner? Lorenz Larkin (16-5 MMA, 3-5 UFC), who dropped to welterweight after fighting at light heavyweight and middleweight.

Both men are coming off losses, Masvidal to Benson Henderson and Larkin to Albert Tumenov. This fight is a good gauge to see where each stands in the division.

6. Weighty issue

“I had to lose 18 pounds in 24 hours. So that was a lot. (It was) probably the toughest weight cut of my career, but I’ll get better and better at it.” That was Josh Burkman after his first career fight at lightweight.

Burkman (28-12 MMA, 6-7 UFC) won that fight with K.J. Noons, but his cardio was never tested. You can bet the ultra aggressive Paul Felder (11-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC), who is coming off a submission win over Daron Cruickshank in his last outing, will surely test that aspect of Burkman’s game.

7. Uncertain times

Sara McMann (8-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) and Jessica Eye (11-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC) are both 1-3 in their last four fights and 0-2 in their last two. Despite those records, both fighters remain ranked in the top 10 in the women’s bantamweight division, with McMann No. 8 and Eye No. 10. Some of that has to do with talent level; some of it has to do with the lack of divisional depth.

If the UFC has plans to add new fighters to the division, that growth may be at the expense of the loser of this bout.

8. Do you remember?

Four years ago Erik Koch, 13-1 at the time, saw two scheduled title fights against then-featherweight champion Jose Aldo disappear due to injury.

Since then, Koch (13-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC), who never got a chance to fight for the title, has gone 1-3 and moved to lightweight. He’s also been injured on a few occasions, which has kept him from fighting since a May 2014 TKO loss to Cruickshank.

Koch, still only 27, looks to re-familiarize fight fans with his name when he faces Shane Campbell (12-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC), who is coming off a unanimous decision loss to James Krause in February.

9. Settle up

Aljamain Sterling and Bryan Caraway have been sniping back and forth for a while, and on Sunday they’ll get to settle whatever differences they have.

Sterling (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC), ranked No. 9 at bantamweight, is going to hope that a win over a name opponent will be enough to propel him into a fight against a top contender. Caraway (20-7 MMA, 5-2 UFC), an honorable mention in the rankings, hopes the same.

Everyone loves a little animosity between fighters, just like everyone loves a fight that has tangible stakes. Happily, this one has both.

10. New guy

The UFC has been aggressive in signing heavyweights. One of those new signings, Adam Milstead, makes his debut at UFC Fight Night 88. Milstead hasn’t lost a fight since his pro debut, with each of his seven wins has come via stoppage.

Milstead works with a solid training partner: newly crowned heavyweight champion Stipe Micoic, who’s helped Milstead develop into a well-rounded fighter who isn’t afraid to throw hands and go for the quick finish.

Milstead’s (7-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) debut comes against Chris De La Rocha (3-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC), who lost his UFC debut to Daniel Omielanczuk by 48-second knockout.

For more on UFC Fight Night 88, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.