Kisame can only absorb 6 tails, but 2 tails isn't exactly brilliant.
Yeah sure Kisame fans are going to vote for Kisame, but guess what? KB fans are going to vote for KB.
This poll just proves who's the most popular character, not the strongest.
Kisame knows Madara, there is plenty of backstory for kishi to pad things out with there.
KB may teach naruto (though I don't like that idea) therefore more things for kishi to pad things out with.
I don't mean to state the obvious here, but sasuke really isn't that strong, don't get me wrong he's definitely S-class at the moment, but saying Kisame will lose because Sasuke and co lost is rubbish logic.
Sasuke is S-class, Juugo is maybe Jounin level, Suigetsu is chuunin/jounin and karin doesnt even fight.
Plus Itachi put Kisame in the way of group gaywank (sasuke and co) to make sure the others didn't pass but Sasuke.
Hachibi is no walkover but let's face a few things here.
1.It appears the tailed beasts grow exponentially in power, that is, in logs.
9 tails is more than 9 times stronger than 1 tails, easily.
Through this logirithmic scale it makes controlling higher tailed beasts much more difficult, plus 9 tails is just a ****, he hates naruto and his father, 8tails appears to like KB, they share personalities.
I also think that filler with synchronised attacks with the frogs naruto trained with is a hint that thats how tailed beast cooperation works.
For this reason i dont see KB teaching naruto.
There has been no proof you can learn to control bijuu, 3 tails just naturally had the ability and as of yet the 8tails story isnt developed enough to know whether he learned to control it or if it just did.
Kisame has always been my 2nd fave akatsuki character, so yes, im on Kisames side, but not just because im a fan.
Kisame is hella strong, as is KB.
The thing is, as the Kages have said, Tobi does have a weakness, they stated that a while back that if he had the power of the 7 tailed beasts he wouldnt need to declare war or put his shinobi on the frontlines.
Therefore Akatsuki is breakable, and tobi doesn't want more skilled shinobi dead.
Tobi wouldn't put Kisame into a situation he can't handle.
Chances are they will get interupted, if they don't, I'm putting my money on Kisame all the way.