MayaLT 2017, any method to straighten out circular UV?

Krato

I have this circular UV that I think would be better laid out if it was a strip in the UV page. I cut a seam in it, how can I get it to form a straight line similar to the above UVs? Is this possible?

CoH

Modify > Unitize, Select the inside edge ring, deselect the edge where you want your seam to be.

At this point it should look like this:


Then just click on stitch together.