Kimimaro is the best character design that Kishimoto has made yet, he's cool.

I predicted way back that these current matchups would take place so I would like to pat myself on the back.

Especially for Shikamaru vs Tayuya, I knew he would be fighting her thanks to the foreshadowing stuff with women.

Kiba vs Sakon has the potential to be good, but Sakon held his own fairly well against Naruto and Kiba.

Just one question... Why is Naruto being such a wimp for?

Is he hiding his strength until the right moment?

Well kid, now is the time.

Kimimaro is supposedly on the same level as Sasuke is now, so there are two possibilities here:

Naruto and him will have a tough fight...

Or he will destroy Naruto.

I don't see Naruto destroying him at all, so it is going to be either one of those dramatic fights or just a beat down.