He did almost kill Kyle, right... that probably means something.
Even though I only know Kyle for getting literally raped by Bueno and Larfleeze's alien maggot construct and pissing his pants & running away from Arkham.
Kalibak is kinda a character made to lose, but he's a lot stronger than Thing. If it were a normal fight in a city, I might argue Thing somehow wins, H2H without anything in the environment Ben can use? I'm going with Kalibak.
__________________ Bluewaterrider: "I'm surprised that a Skyfather like Zeus defeated Hulk when Zeus' Top-Tier son Hercules has lost to Hulk."
this. In a forum fight, Ben loses pretty badly. In a comic fight, Ben gets beaten into the ground and then gets back up and kicks kalibak's ass in a scene that's reminiscent of a rocky movie.
I have no idea whether or not Kalibak is stronger than Ben, because the moment that you believe one thing, they go and pitch a surprise for you in the very next moment as far as comics go. I for one think that Ben would be better suited to fight Draaga.