nah i disagree its not like the 4th was actually fighting the kyubi he only sealed it.
if the 4th was to fight the kyubi, he would be killed.
the ninjas were just holding him (kyubi) back until the 4th arrived to seal kyubi away.
he was on the back of gamabunta and he did some freaky as shit. and sealed him.

we know basically nothin of the akatsuki there are sure to be crazy badasses in there. with the likes of itachi and orochimaru(was) being in the group.