Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26998824-20151010001140/@comment-26537507-20151026115419

That's entirely possible but Deidara only seems to use the C4 as a last resort. As you said, Kisame's main problem would be trying to close the distance, however he he a variety of different water release techniques that can be use from a distance. He can use either the water shark bomb jutsu or a thousand hungry sharks if he wants to stay long-range. To bring the fight closer to Deidara, he could use the (great) exploding water colliding wave to spit out enough water to turn a dry wasteland into an ocean. From that water he can utilise the water prison shark dance technique to trap Deidara in a moving water prison.

TL;DR Deidara's only chance of winning is to either use C4 immediately or to try to fly out of range.