chapter 212 should tell all you guys...lee is NOT on par with kimimaro...hahahahahaha.

EDIT: response to below:

lol, wtf? why would you even think that the rescuer needs to be rescued? that's lame. makes lee look like an idiot. just like that time against the sound's genins at the forest of death. haha.

and...could you not tell by how lee was bleeding and bruised up while kimimaro was just chilling and like "you suck" at him? if winged dancer is correct, lee opened up the first gate and his speed was no match for kimimaro's. kimimaro just brushed off lee's speed with just a "amazing speed, but too bad you're gonna die now, goodbye." lee was seconds away from dying. gaara had to save the "heroic rescuer" lee with cat litter.

SUCKS FOR ALL YOU LEE FANS....WHAT WERE YOU GUYS THINKING... ROFLMAO (i didn't really roll on the floor laughing my ass off).

EDIT: response to hiten's edit:

just because kimimaro wasn't the aggressor that doesn't mean he can't hit lee. none of should assume that cuz we truly don't know.

then i'm sure someone will say something like "well, if you say that, then maybe lee escaped and kicked kimimaro's ass, but we can't say that cuz we don't know either...there goes your theory/idea"

nope, wrong. if lee was able to escape then gaara wouldn't have to have saved lee's geeky ass.

but who cares, lee got owned. kimimaro knocked his ass out...had to wait for lee to open up his eye from loss of unconsciousness. aaaaaaaaahahaha... but gaara is gonna clean house and lee will help too. too bad, when that happens, all the lee fans are gonna go crazy again acting like lee actually did something.

*NOTE: i'm going by winged dancer's translation for right now...i'll just edit everything if i need to when the inane version comes out.