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I think the reason here is purely financial. If Redi had said something like, "Oh, I don't feel like arguing over splitting the prize for 2nd place, let Lizard go ahead," this episode would have gone unnoticed.

In the situations you described, the match was either given away without any play at all, or in a situation of prolonged haggling with an unclear outcome. I can immediately recall a similar episode at m200 in February 2015 in St. Petersburg, when Napalm let Cobra into the winners' final without a fight. But without a fight!
And Lizard bought a game that was practically already lost. Now, many are pretending that nothing happened (and I am too), and what else can be done?
But the value of such a championship is demonstrably lower than that of the previous CIS champions.